Christmas Tree Cheese Ball

Ingredients

• plastic plastic
• cooking spray
• 2 packages pineapple flavored cream cheese spread , 7.5 ounce
• 0.5 pints raspberries
• 0.5 cups pistachios
• fresh rosemary
• star-shaped baking sprinkles
• Colby and Monterrey Jack mixed cheese cubes
• 6 reds wax-wrapped mini cheeses , such as BabyBel
• assorted crackers , for serving

Instructions

1. 1

   Spray one side of a 12-inch square piece of plastic wrap with cooking spray and place plastic, sprayed side up, on a work surface.

2. 2

   Remove cream cheese spread from containers, and stack on the sprayed plastic. Lift plastic and place on spread, and mold into a cone shape using your hands.

3. 3

   Carefully slide cream cheese cone onto a decorative plate.

4. 4

   Dot cone with fresh raspberries, with the holes facing out. Fill each hole with a shelled pistachio, and dot the cone with pistachios. Make a row of raspberries around the bottom of the cone, gently pushing in, toward the center of the cone.

5. 5

   Insert several fresh rosemary sprigs around the cone to imitate tree branches. Decorate with star-shaped baking sprinkle "ornaments," randomly placed.

6. 6

   Use cheese cubes around base of the cone to simulate packages, and add a few red wax-wrapped mini cheeses. Serve immediately, with crackers.